If you are reading this you must be a fan of Michael Crichton just as we are. Whether you love the science in his writing, the adventurous places it takes you or just fell in love with dinosaurs on the big screen we will have something for you.Every two weeks, in a mini-series format we will discuss a book of Michael Crichton’s which was made into a movie. Compare both mediums, discuss the good and bad, our takes on what worked and interesting facts. Listen in and discuss with us!

Roger Roeper & Dick Ebert & Gene Lyons host a weekly podcast covering Westworld the hit science fiction thriller television series created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy for HBO, based on the 1973 film of the same name, which was written and directed by American novelist Michael Crichton. Nolan serves as executive producer along with Joy, J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk with Nolan directing the pilot. The series premiered October 2, 2016. Described as "a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial ...

From the author of Peter Pan: Lord Loam, a British peer, considers class divisions to be artificial. He promotes his views during tea-parties where servants mingle with his aristocratic guests, to the embarrassment of all. Crichton, his butler, particularly disapproves of this. Loam, his family, a maid, and Crichton are shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. The resourceful Crichton is the only one of the party with any practical knowledge. Eventually, social roles are reversed, and Cric ...

Kay and Taz rewatch Farscape. One episode a week, posted on Fridays. We talk about our favorite moments and break down characterization and plots. Listen to two fans analyze what makes this beloved hit one of television's most iconic science fiction shows.

WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM - A Westworld Podcast: Bullets, Brothels, and Bots discusses weekly episodes of your favorite television show. We are the sister podcast to Dark Discussions Podcast.Visit us at www.darkdiscussions.com or send us a comment at darkdiscussions@aol.com

Kelli, Hank & Justin tackle the super awesome robot world of J.J. Abrams & Jonathan Nolan’s re-imagining of Michael Crichton’s Westworld! Each week we will be breaking down the latest episode of HBO’s Westworld and give you our favorite moments from each episode! We want to hear your FEEDBACK, so please email us at rantpocalypse@gmail.com if you have have any comments or show feedback you want us to discuss! Check out our website, www.rantpocalypse.com!

Welcome to the Sweetwater Saloon - A Westworld Podcast where your hosts Ashley @PeachyTree and Brian @LazyJediBri discuss, rate and review the HBO series "Westworld". A series inspired by the 1973 film of the same title written by Michael Crichton about a futuristic theme park populated by artificial beings. We aren't experts just fans of science fiction and giving our thoughts on each episode...Follow us on Twitter and Instagram@SweetwaterPod...Like us onFacebook!...Send us an emailsweetwat ...

Three thousand years after a chunk of iron the size of Khufu’s pyramid collides with Europa, Jupiter’s sixth moon, an asteroid borne of the collision crashes into Earth’s Arctic ice shelf carrying extraterrestrial microbial life. The first man to come into contact with the microbes hears voices—and then dies. After determining the meteorite originated from Europa, the Global Exploratory Corporation sends oceanographer and biologist, Kathy Connelly, and her crew to the moon aboard the Surveyo ...

Thank you for donating and supporting Now Playing! As our Thank You to you, here is access to the special Indiana Jones and Goonies reviews, available only to donors of Now Playing. So listen as we follow Indy from the Lost Ark to the Crystal Skull--plus a bonus review of Goonies! Then join us for six reviews Michael Crichton theme parks run amok with Jurassic Park, Westworld, and Futureworld!

Across America a mysterious disease is turning ordinary people into raving, paranoid murderers who inflict brutal horrors on strangers, themselves, and even their own families. Working under the government's shroud of secrecy, CIA operative Dew Phillips crisscrosses the country trying in vain to capture a live victim. With only decomposing corpses for clues, CDC epidemiologist Margaret Montoya races to analyze the science behind this deadly contagion. She discovers that these killers all hav ...

Across America a mysterious disease is turning ordinary people into raving, paranoid murderers who inflict brutal horrors on strangers, themselves, and even their own families.Working under the government's shroud of secrecy, CIA operative Dew Phillips crisscrosses the country trying in vain to capture a live victim. With only decomposing corpses for clues, CDC epidemiologist Margaret Montoya races to analyze the science behind this deadly contagion. She discovers that these killers all have ...

Three thousand years after a chunk of iron the size of Khufu’s pyramid collides with Europa, Jupiter’s sixth moon, an asteroid borne of the collision crashes into Earth’s Arctic ice shelf carrying extraterrestrial microbial life. The first man to come into contact with the microbes hears voices—and then dies.After determining the meteorite originated from Europa, the Global Exploratory Corporation sends oceanographer and biologist, Kathy Connelly, and her crew to the moon aboard the Surveyor ...

Welcome back to Based on the Book! Something Old, Something New A Wrinkle in Time (L'Engle) Dragon Teeth (Crichton) What I'm Reading Now The Satanic Mechanic (Andrew) *A Recipe for Love and Murder (Andrew) is #1 in the series so perhaps check that out first. Which Was Better? Book or Movie? Harry Potter series recap plus listener feedback New C ...…

We get tart when we speak about the Meat Eater's lifestyle. Matt gets HIs dander up about a Chicken's life and a Cow's future. We read listener email, chat about the potential for ET's and hop the conspiracy train regarding the government. We also get a little into Michael Crichton. My main dude. Respect! Enjoy!…

Book of the Day: Treasur Island Topic: Micheal Crichton Crichton’s first book was published in 1966 under the pen name “John Lange” and continued to publish his next ten novels under a false name. After graduating from college, Crichton devoted himself fulltime to his writing.

Book of the Day: Treasur Island Topic: Micheal Crichton Crichton’s first book was published in 1966 under the pen name “John Lange” and continued to publish his next ten novels under a false name. After graduating from college, Crichton devoted himself fulltime to his writing.

This L@L episode is hosted by Matt Bianco and includes the wonderful guest John Hodges. We hope you enjoy this episode as Matt and John talk about music, the arts, and the Quadrivium. Hodges is a conductor and composer, holding degrees in Music from the University of Maryland, and Indiana University. He served as Music Director for various symp ...…

Welcome, verily, to the Crichton Cast! This week, we travel back to the times of Vikings to review, discuss, and disect Michael Crichton’s 1976 novel Eaters of the Dead, and it’s 1999 film adaptation, The 13th Warrior! Listen as we discuss his take on one of the “classic bores”, Beowulf. We talk about the story, the characters, the ‘verily’s, a ...…

Ted is joined by Rhys this week as the boys discuss the future draft outlook for next-gen studs such as where they would look to draft the likes of Adam Elliott, Angus Crichton, Coen Hess, Dylan Edwards, Herman Ese'ese and Kalyn Ponga in the 2018 NRLCEO draft. It's a while off thinking about that obviously but it's great to see which young play ...…

Dragon teeth is a lost novel from author Michael Crichton and features his wonderful blend of storytelling and science. The science in this book is the world of Palaeontology, however unlike Jurassic Park this time it really is the bones of the formidable creatures that are the focus. Set in 1876 this trip to the wild west in search of dinosaur ...…

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Lynz Crichton - Nasty Girl PURCHASE HER SONGS ON ITUNES Anna Rudolph - Down to the River MUSIC ON SOUNDCLOUD Martha Reich - Peter Pan Says PURCHASE ON ITUNES Carol Nicodemi - Butterfly PURCHASE ON ITUNES Heart & Feathe ...…

Gilbert and Frank welcome actor-director Richard Benjamin for an enlightening and thoroughly entertaining discussion about his six-decade career in Hollywood as well as his memories of working with Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Clint Eastwood, Mike Nichols and Orson Welles. Also, James Mason pulls a fast one, Walter Matthau plays the ponies, Johnny ...…

As Crais and Talyn recover from a brutal attack, the crew searches for a substance that will help Talyn heal. Meanwhile, they get involved in local politics and the Johns have to play a twin game. Farscape just can't give John Crichton a good day. farscapefridaypodcast@gmail.com @farscapefriday on Twitter https://www.tumblr.com/blog/farscapefri ...…

The first of our episodes recorded in New Zealand saw Robin and Josie joined by nanotechnologist, science communicator and writer Dr Michelle Dickinson (who you might better know as Nanogirl). Michelle's first book is out in October so they chat about that as well as the work of Michael Crichton, Atul Gawande, Barbara Baynton and more. There's ...…

The first of our episodes recorded in New Zealand saw Robin and Josie joined by nanotechnologist, science communicator and writer Dr Michelle Dickinson (who you might better know as Nanogirl). Michelle's first book is out in October so they chat about that as well as the work of Michael Crichton, Atul Gawande, Barbara Baynton and more. There's ...…

Welcome to the Crichton Cast! This week, we’re taking a trip through time, space, and spacetime to talk about Crichton’s 1987 novel, and it’s 1998 film adaptation; Sphere! We discuss the changes made due to the decade between the book and movie, and what wasn’t changed even after all those years. We tall about the casting of the film, the chara ...…

This week we set aside our normal format and talk with Chewie from The Mana Pool about life in the year 1997 and especially the movies if that year. We discuss who was the best actor to play James Bond, what percentage of the Titanic's lengthy runtime was actually devoted to the disaster and how many movie soundtracks had Orbital back in the 90 ...…

In the latest episode of a new podcast dedicated to Scottish books, Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr of Birlinn Ltd talk about Iain Crichton Smith's classic novel, Consider the Lilies. We shed more light on the Highland clearances with an interview with the acclaimed historian, James Hunter, who has recently published the award-winning Set Adrift ...…

Subscribe Here! Rebecca and Robert both ask: “How do I do good hard science fiction without overloading on the science and tech?” This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit Resources: Black Holes and Time Warps by Kip Thorne Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams The Open Source Woman by J. Daniel ...…

In the news: Michael Crichton's newest book Dragon Teeth is now on sale; a new early coelophysoid from Argentina, Lucianovenator, was discovered; Early dinosaurs may have benefited from wings via extended hops before they could fly; 3 new dinosaur tracksites in China; A rare Eolambia found with tasty ribs and hips in place; More Torvosaurus fin ...…

In the news: Michael Crichton's newest book Dragon Teeth is now on sale; a new early coelophysoid from Argentina, Lucianovenator, was discovered; Early dinosaurs may have benefited from wings via extended hops before they could fly; 3 new dinosaur tracksites in China; A rare Eolambia found with tasty ribs and hips in place; More Torvosaurus fin ...…

Brooks Benjamin is the author of the middle-grade novel My Seventh-Grade Life In Tights which was named an editors' pick for best children books of 2016 by Amazon. In this episode Brooks shares the book he first read in 5th grade that has helped shape him into the writer and educator he is today.Episode Mentions Bridge to Terabithia Agatha Chri ...…

Welcome back again to the Crichton Cast! This week, we’re taking a look at a novel and film combo with a 15 year separation between them; Congo! In this ill fated trek into the depth of the African Congo Rainforest in search of rare diamonds, the team finds much more than they bargained for. A new race of previously unknown gorilla, that seems ...…